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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I thank the delegates for attending. I noticed that Mr. Cummins made a specific point about different sectors and stated his organisation only represented one sector of the food and drinks industry. The Low Pay Commission stated it did not carry out a broad examination of how bad the position was in the restaurant industry. As a result, its report does not stand on its own merits. It does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: The report of the Low Pay Commission does not stand on its own merits as the commission did not carry out a widespread examination of the sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I know from talking to workers in the hospitality sector that there are some good restaurants, some not-so-good restaurants and some very bad restaurants. I have spoken to staff members who said that tips and service charges went to them. The situation is different in the Ivy and other restaurants around town, which apply a service charge on every single table. That is a cynical move by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (10 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I will pursue the issue of service charges. From the earlier contributions of the restaurant owners and hoteliers, they appear to be very eager to have this Bill passed as it will reclassify what is commonly understood to be a service charge. We have to be very concerned about that and get out that message. The Low Pay Commission should review the report it issued on the basis that service...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I accept that but I am very angry to see people coming through the door of the constituency office who are on their knees, only to have the Government bring out a budget like this.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I withdraw. In his speech yesterday, the Minister for Finance mentioned Brexit more than 30 times. He initiated a hard-Brexit fund of €1.5 billion to €2 billion, if required. Of course, it will be necessary in the case of a hard Brexit for the Government to try to alleviate the worst effects on the economy, people's jobs and livelihoods, but there is no plan set out to help...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: When Deputy Cowen rose to speak on the latest Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil budget, he managed to say almost nothing about the budget and the measures therein. Although he is one of Fianna Fáil's most prominent spokespersons, all he did was treat us to a litany of silly jokes. Deputy Michaél Martin and those on the Fianna Fáil benches thought he was hilarious but they are easily...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (9 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department is withholding €25 million of the €55 million allocated to mental health services for 2019. [41167/19]

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (8 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: Tax the polluters.

Financial Resolutions - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (8 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: A lady came into my office yesterday to talk about the fuel allowance. She explained that she had received a letter stating she had been turned down because the means test means the most household income she can have is €338. She is on invalidity allowance and her daughter is on jobseeker's allowance and they were over the threshold by €25. This woman needed that fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (8 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: 400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the number of taxis affected by this issue; and the persons or bodies which will be held responsible for same. [40684/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: Sorry, I must excuse myself as I have to leave.

Development of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in Ireland: Statements (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I firstly thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this debate, under considerable pressure from both the campaigning activists and Deputy Bríd Smith, who has pushed this issue for the past week and longer. If democracy is to mean anything at a time of climate crisis, an opportunity must be allowed to discuss and debate important policy developments. One of the most subtle and devious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: Many matters have moved on. Having heard from the Traveller cultural awareness trainees to whom I refer, it seems that the community has gone backwards a great deal over the intervening 24 years. They are concerned about both culture and accommodation. Even when I was a councillor in 2004, over ten years ago, moneys allocated for Traveller accommodation were not used. That is why the 2019...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a report (details supplied); and the way in which he plans to implement it. [37708/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: The original question I submitted to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government noted that the report of the task force on the Travelling community of July 1995 featured 340 recommendations, of which few, if any, have been implemented. There has been no review or statutory oversight to ensure the report was implemented. What is the Minister's view on the report and how does he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (3 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I acknowledge that the report dates from 1995. I am a member of the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Travelling Community. Our first meeting was attended by cultural Traveller awareness trainees who told us that the 1995 task force report was probably the most progressive piece of analysis on Traveller issues. They made the point that it had not been implemented. I accept that matters...

UN Climate Action Summit: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I am sharing time with Deputy Connolly. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the UN climate summit. It was yet another summit on climate change with more talk, good intentions and very little action. Both China and the EU gave no new promises beyond the Paris Accord. The US reneged on its commitments. Russia gave no new promises beyond the Paris Accord. If we are expecting any of...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: I welcome the Minister’s response. It is a pity that it went to the wire, however. The Fórsa union, representing the secretaries, made it clear today that if the Department was not willing to go to the WRC, its members would take industrial action next week. On the last point of calling off industrial action for the talks to take place, I was informed by the secretaries that...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Joan Collins: Will the matter go to the Workplace Relations Commission?